George Grosz Art
German, 1893-1959
George Grosz was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group during the Weimar Republic. Grosz studied drawing at the Dresden Academy (1909–11) and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin (1912–14). He was in the army from 1914–15, and again for a short time in 1917, but spent the rest of the war in Berlin, where he made violently anti-war drawings, in which his main focus was attacking the social corruption of Germany (capitalists, prostitutes, the Prussian military caste, the middle class). His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement, 1917–20, and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage.
Many of Grosz’s drawings were published in albums (Gott mit uns, Ecce Homo, Der Spiesser-Spiegel, etc.), and he was subject to prosecutions for insulting the army and blasphemy. He visited the United States in 1932 to teach at the Art Students League, New York, and settled there in 1933. In the latter part of his career, he tried to establish himself as a pure painter of landscapes and still life, but also painted many compositions of an apocalyptic and deeply pessimistic kind. His role in the Berlin Dada movement affected political outlooks and artistic developments not only in Germany, but also in Russia, the Balkan nations, and parts of France.
Grosz's penetrating, darkly humorous style of drawing and his use of satire as a weapon left a deep impression on the work of his contemporaries and the artists of the next generation. Some of his works from the early 1940s, particularly during World War II, do present an allegorical and dramatic representation of Grosz's moral perspective regarding war. Additionally, some of his last pieces from 1958 were photomontages, and hearken back to his earlier Dadaist aesthetic and message, passing judgment upon consumerism and suggesting that his absorption with American culture had ended in disappointment. In 1959, Grosz sold his house and moved back to Berlin. He died shortly after his return, after a fall down the stairs.
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Artist: George Grosz
Aroused, Erotic Painting by George Grosz 1940
By George Grosz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Grosz, German (1893 - 1959)
Title: Aroused
Year: 1940
Medium: Oil on Paper, signed l.r.
Paper Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Frame Size: 36 x 30 inches
Prove...
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1940s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Oil
"He Made Fun of Hindenburg" original lithograph
By George Grosz
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1920 on smooth wove paper for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition ...
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1920s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
1936 Lithograph Interregnum Street Riot Protest Small Edition Weimar Germany
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand lithography on BFK Rives French hand moulded paper Style: German New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit)
According to the frontis these were produced by Hand Lithography. According...
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1930s Modern George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
1936 Lithograph Interregnum, Cigar, Kid w Toy Gun, Small Edition Weimar Germany
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand lithography on BFK Rives French hand moulded paper Style: German New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit)
According to the frontis these were produced by Hand Lithography. According...
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1930s Modern George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
1936 Lithograph Interregnum Portfolio Butcher Shop Small Edition Weimar Germany
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand lithography on BFK Rives French hand moulded paper Style: German New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit)
According to the frontis these were produced by Hand Lithography. According...
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1930s Modern George Grosz Art
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1936 Lithograph Interregnum Portfolio Windblown Man Small Edition Weimar Germany
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand lithography on BFK Rives French hand moulded paper Style: German New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit)
According to the frontis these were produced by Hand Lithography. According...
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1930s Modern George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
1936 Lithograph Interregnum portfolio Artist Studio small edition Weimar Germany
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand lithography on BFK Rives French hand moulded paper Style: German New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit)
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1930s Modern George Grosz Art
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Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
From The robbers. lithographs by George Grosz for the drama of the same name.
photolithography on watermarked paper. 19 X 25.5 inches (sheet size). This is not hand signed or numbe...
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1930s American Modern George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
From The robbers. lithographs by George Grosz for the drama of the same name.
photolithography on watermarked paper. 19 X 25.5 inches (sheet size). This is not hand signed or numbe...
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1930s American Modern George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
From The robbers. lithographs by George Grosz for the drama of the same name.
photolithography on laid paper. 19 X 25.5 inches (sheet size). This is not hand signed or numbered in ...
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1930s American Modern George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
Man and Woman with Lamp
By George Grosz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Grosz (1893-1959)
Title: Man and Woman with Lamp
Year: circa 1940
Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper, signed l.r.
Paper Size: 23.5 in. x 18 in. (59.69 cm x 45.72 cm)
Frame ...
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1936 Lithograph Soldiers in battle World War I small edition
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
According to the frontis these were produced by Hand Lithography. According to the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA NY) website "Edition:300 announced; only approx. 42 issued (including regular edition of 30, deluxe edition of approx. 10, and 2 artist's proofs)" I believe these are from the deluxe edition as they are on Mould made BFK Rives French paper and the dimensions are larger than stated in the MOMA website. the sheet size here is 40X29 cm. Date 1936. Publisher:Black Sun Press, New York. Printer:George C. Miller & Son, New York. most of them are plate signed.
George Grosz (July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his Satire and Caricature drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group during the Weimar Republic before he emigrated to the United States in 1933. He studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, where his teachers were Richard Müller, Robert Sterl, and Oskar Schindler. He subsequently studied at the Berlin College of Arts and Crafts under Emil Orlik. Grosz left the Communist Party KPD in 1922 after having spent five months in Russia and meeting Lenin and Trotsky, because of his antagonism to any form of dictatorial authority. Along with Otto Dix, he is widely considered one of the most important artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit.
Bitterly anti Nazi, Grosz left Germany shortly before Hitler came to power. In June 1932, he accepted an invitation to teach the summer semester at the Art Students League of New York. In October 1932, Grosz returned to Germany, but on January 12, 1933 he and his family emigrated to America.
In 1946 he published his autobiography, A Little Yes and a Big No. In the 1950s he opened a private art school at his home and also worked as Artist in Residence at the Des Moines Art Center. Grosz was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate Academician in 1950. In 1954 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Grosz worked in a style influenced by Expressionism and Futurism, as well as by popular illustration, graffiti, and children's drawings.The City (1916–17) was the first of his many paintings of the modern urban scene. Other examples include the apocalyptic Explosion (1917), Metropolis (1917), and The Funeral, a 1918 painting depicting a mad funeral procession.
In his drawings, usually in pen and ink which he sometimes developed further with watercolor, Grosz did much to create the image most have of Berlin and the Weimar Republic in the 1920s. Corpulent businessmen, wounded soldiers, prostitutes, sex crimes and orgies were his great subjects His draftsmanship was excellent although the works for which he is best known adopt a deliberately crude form of caricature. His oeuvre includes a few absurdist works, and also includes a number of erotic artworks. ("Ecce Homo" which saw him accused of pornography)
My Drawings expressed my despair, hate and disillusionment, I drew drunkards; puking men; men with clenched fists cursing at the moon. ... I drew a man, face filled with fright, washing blood from his hands ... I drew lonely little men fleeing madly through empty streets. I drew a cross-section of tenement house: through one window could be seen a man attacking his wife; through another, two people making love; from a third hung a suicide with body covered by swarming flies. I drew soldiers without noses; war cripples with crustacean-like steel arms; two medical soldiers putting a violent infantryman into a strait-jacket made of a horse blanket ... I drew a skeleton...
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1930s George Grosz Art
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Lithograph
Seated Nude
By George Grosz
Located in New York, NY
Seated Nude by George Grosz (1893-1959)
Oil on canvas
9 ½ x 5 ½ inches unframed (24.13 x 13.97 cm)
15 x 12 inches framed (38.1 x 30.48 cm)
Signed on bottom...
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20th Century George Grosz Art
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Oil
Christus am Oelberg - Christ on the Mount of Olives
By George Grosz
Located in Miami, FL
This work is accompanied by a Photo-certificate and essay from Ralph Jentsch who will include it in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné
Signed lower right.
Estate stamp on ...
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1930s Dada George Grosz Art
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Watercolor, Ink
George Grosz NYC City Scene Modernism Watercolor German Expressionism Weimar
By George Grosz
Located in New York, NY
George Grosz NYC City Scene Modernism Watercolor German Expressionism Weimar
George Grosz (Germany, 1893-1959) "City Scene," 17 x 12 inches, signed and dated “33” lower left, watercolor on paper. This drawing, created while Grosz was living in NYC. Period frame, It has been authenticated by Ralph Jentsch, the globally recognized Grosz expert.
Provenance: Hirschl & Adler and 511 Gallery...
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1930s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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The Red Shoes (Erotic)
By George Grosz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Grosz, German (1893 - 1959)
Title: Sex Scene in Red Shoes (Erotic)
Year: circa 1940
Medium: Watercolor, Pen and Ink on Paper, signed
Size: 17...
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1940s Expressionist George Grosz Art
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Watercolor, Ink
Christus am Oelberg - Christ on the Mount of Olives
By George Grosz
Located in Miami, FL
This work is accompanied by a Photo-certificate and essay from Ralph Jentsch who will include it in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné
Signed lower right.
Estate stamp on verso...
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1930s Dada George Grosz Art
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Watercolor, Ink
Berlin Street Scene
By George Grosz
Located in New York, NY
Ink wash on paper
Signed and dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
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1920s Other Art Style George Grosz Art
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Ink, Paper
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1936 Lithograph After Dinner Drinks, Scotch, Cigars Small Edition Weimar Germany
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George Grosz (July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his Satire and Caricature drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group during the Weimar Republic before he emigrated to the United States in 1933. He studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, where his teachers were Richard Müller, Robert Sterl, and Oskar Schindler. He subsequently studied at the Berlin College of Arts and Crafts under Emil Orlik. Grosz left the Communist Party KPD in 1922 after having spent five months in Russia and meeting Lenin and Trotsky, because of his antagonism to any form of dictatorial authority. Along with Otto Dix, he is widely considered one of the most important artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit.
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Grosz worked in a style influenced by Expressionism and Futurism, as well as by popular illustration, graffiti, and children's drawings.The City (1916–17) was the first of his many paintings of the modern urban scene. Other examples include the apocalyptic Explosion (1917), Metropolis (1917), and The Funeral, a 1918 painting depicting a mad funeral procession.
In his drawings, usually in pen and ink which he sometimes developed further with watercolor, Grosz did much to create the image most have of Berlin and the Weimar Republic in the 1920s. Corpulent businessmen, wounded soldiers, prostitutes, sex crimes and orgies were his great subjects His draftsmanship was excellent although the works for which he is best known adopt a deliberately crude form of caricature. His oeuvre includes a few absurdist works, and also includes a number of erotic artworks. ("Ecce Homo" which saw him accused of pornography)
My Drawings expressed my despair, hate and disillusionment, I drew drunkards; puking men; men with clenched fists cursing at the moon. ... I drew a man, face filled with fright, washing blood from his hands ... I drew lonely little men fleeing madly through empty streets. I drew a cross-section of tenement house: through one window could be seen a man attacking his wife; through another, two people making love; from a third hung a suicide with body covered by swarming flies. I drew soldiers without noses; war cripples with crustacean-like steel arms; two medical soldiers putting a violent infantryman into a strait-jacket made of a horse blanket ... I drew a skeleton dressed as a recruit being examined for military duty. I also wrote poetry. —Grosz In 1940 the Museum of Modern Art in New York shows a retrospective of his work which later tours through the United States. In 1946, the AAA Gallery, New York hosts an exhibition titled A Piece of My World in a World without Peace. Later the Dallas Museum of Arts shows several works by Grosz titled Impressions of Dallas and also the Whitney Museum, New York shows retrospective works.
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022George Grosz was a German artist best known for his character drawings and his paintings of Berlin in the 1920s. His work was often very critical of the politics of the day and German society. In the 1930s, Grosz immigrated to the United States and gave up the style he had previously been known for and began teaching. Shop a selection of George Grosz pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.